I think people think they don’t care - until they experience it at better quality. Sometimes I want to tell people, “I want you to hear the record the way it sounds through my speakers back in the studio.” When I listen in that room, it’s loud and clear! But there are still going to be listeners listening to things on crappy headphones. A lot of times, people just hear it that way, which is weird to me I can’t imagine wanting to listen that way. I master for vinyl differently, but when I’m listening to a mix, I have to make sure even though it sounds good coming out of my big speakers, it also has to sound good coming out of computer speakers. What was awesome about MP3 was I could hear something right away when I got it, but the bummer was you didn’t understand the value of it, the artist’s work - it’s so easy to throw it away.Īnd it’s compressed. It is hard to listen to anything in the MP3 format at this point. This hi-res talk is exciting me so much that I almost want to get up and say, “I’ll be right back,” and then go listen to it. When you get the chance to listen to music in its highest form and not do anything else at the same time, it’s one of the best things you can do for yourself. And I have to say, I think the new UAD plug-in is mind-blowing! I don’t know if I closed my eyes if I would know the difference with analog. We have an analog board, but I like the digital world - holding all the information there and not having to deal with setting up tape. “I want you to hear the record the way it sounds through my speakers back in the studio.”ĭid you record in high resolution, in 96/24? I’d never worked with someone who could do that. I never heard so much bottom end and drums, and yet be able to still hear my guitars and vocals breathing. He was all about giving it space, but pushing it super-loud. This record was going to be different because of it, and not be just another version of what’s in my head. He had this vibe that added another layer. We sent him Caught by My Shadow first, and after hearing what he did with it, I didn’t have any changes I couldn’t believe it. It was the first time I trusted someone to just mix it, and it was a total relief.
He worked with Tom Elmhirst for five years, like his protégé. It was mixed by Ben Baptie, who’s a genius. This album has all the audio hallmarks of your other solo records and what you’ve done with The Strokes.Īlbert Hammond Jr.: Thanks. We get these really cool guitar lines in the right channel, and then some interesting fills in the left. Recently, Hammond and Digital Trends got together for a light midafternoon lunch at The Smile in Greenwich Village (delicious!) to discuss his Masters sonics, the right albums for specific moods, and what he thinks of streaming.ĭigital Trends: There’s a lot of good channel separation on Momentary Masters.
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In fact, it’s the perfect soundtrack for a smoky nightclub or a late-night drive with the windows down, as it veers from the bass-driven dance fever of Power Hungry to the churning rhymes-with-smokes vibe of Caught by My Shadow to the spitting thrust of Drunched in Crumbs. Good sound is something that’s always been on the mind of the rhythm guitarist for The Strokes, a band known for having perfected its own downtown New York brand of angular, catchy indie-rock jangle on indelible tracks like Last Nite, Someday, 12:51, and Juicebox.Īnd though The Strokes are still a going concern as they continue to perform festival dates both here and abroad, Hammond is currently focused on his new solo album, Momentary Masters - out now from Vagrant on various formats - and it’s anything but a temporary pleasure. But I do believe vinyl and even CDs sound better than MP3.” hi-fi, but high fidelity became this term for being ’clinical,’ so you went against it.
“I don’t understand why people get into it about lo-fi vs. “To me, modern high fidelity records can sound boring,” he explains. will be the first one to tell you he likes keeping it real. When it comes to getting good sound, Albert Hammond Jr. “It’s so cool hearing music at different times of the day and getting a different feeling from it - even records you know really well.”
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